Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cast approaches the picture with a delightfully devil-may-care sincerity, playing off of one another with a simple ease. It is ...

Before Amy Heckerling introduced audiences to privileged Beverly Hills teens in Clueless, she made her feature directorial debut with a film about high schoolers living in the San Fernando Valley ...

It has been more than four decades since "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" was released, and the movie that perfectly captured teenage angst and the essence of '80s youth culture was the breakout moment ...

Reading an excerpt from his new memoir, 'The Uncool,' the writer-director says Universal admitted it 'fucked up' the release of the film, which nonetheless kicked off the '80s teen-movie craze. By ...

When the coming-of-age dramedy — starring Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh — premiered in 1982, it was more than just 'a cool buzz' Emily Krauser is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at ...

Long before Dazed and Confusedcruised into the zeitgeist with its windows rolled down and ’70s rock turned up, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was already setting the tone. An instant cult classic with a ...

The show, which featured both Patrick Dempsey and Courtney Thorne-Smith in their first TV roles, lasted just 7 episodes Fast Times at Ridgemont High was a genre-defining coming-of-age movie. The ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont Highdirector Amy Heckerling revealed that, despite the 1982 coming-of-age film's success, she did not receive a significant payout from her work on it. During an interview on ...